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Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Henry C. Birch, 1905 — 200 U.S. 612 · caselaw · US
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Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Henry C. Birch
200 U.S. 612·Supreme Court of the United States·1905
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No. 344.
Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Henry C. Birch.
Motions to dismiss or affirm submitted November 13, 1905.
Decided December 18, 1905.
Mr. Gordon T. Hughes for plaintiff in error. Mr. Gilbert E. Roe for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
In error to the Supreme Court of the State o'f New York.
Per Curiam.
Judgment affirmed with ten per cent damages, in addition to interest-and costs. Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association v. Phelps, 190 U. S. 147; Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Spratley, 172 U. S. 602; Egan v. Hart, 165 U. S. 188; Richardson v. L. & N. Railroad Company, 169 U. S. 128; Young v. Valentine, 177 N. Y. 347; Woodward v. Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company, 178 N. Y. 485; Birch v. Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Company, 181 N. Y. 583; S. C., 91 App. Div. 384.